dead or decaying organic matter

A group of elephants gets stuck in mud at the edge of the river from a recent mud slide. A lion waits for an elephant to get tired before it attacks. What is the limiting factor to the elephant population?

Look at the image and choose the correct answer.

Which of the following is both accurate AND precise? (Real measurement: 2.01 cm.)

Which of the following would be considered a TERTIARY CONSUMER?

Which factor that limits a population’s size is important especially when population numbers become large and dense?

The APHOTIC ZONE differs from the photic zone in that is lacks

The PHOTIC ZONE of the ocean will contain

One species of Galapagos finches, the cactus finch, eats insects off cactus plants. A disease kills off most of the cacti in the Galapagos Islands. Which of these most likely would happen to the carrying capacity of the island?

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer

self